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It will install all the dependencies and your local FastAPI in your local environment.

### Using your local FastAPI

If you create a Python file that imports and uses FastAPI, and run it with the Python from your local environment, it will use your cloned local FastAPI source code.

And if you update that local FastAPI source code when you run that Python file again, it will use the fresh version of FastAPI you just edited.

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=== "Windows PowerShell"

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    ```console
    $ .\env\Scripts\Activate.ps1
    ```

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=== "Windows Bash"

    Or if you use Bash for Windows (e.g. <a href="https://gitforwindows.org/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Git Bash</a>):

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    ```console
    $ source ./env/Scripts/activate
    ```